Around 350,000 found employment in the first quarter of this year, reaching 21.87 percent of the set plan, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Vietnam also sent 18,500 labourers abroad. An Giang, Binh Dinh, Quang Tri, Dong Thap and Gia Lai provinces have made great efforts to provide vocational and foreign language training courses to improve the quality of guest workers.